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H., GREEN; LOOP SECURING DEVICE FOR WAISTBANDS, 55.

No. 553,545. Pate ted'aan. 28, 1896.-

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; UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN GREEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.', ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TOTHE NE YORK lVAISTBAND COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LOOP-SECURING DEVICE FOR WAISTBANDS, 84,0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 553,645, dated January28, 1896.

Application filed July 27, 1895. Serial No- 557,323. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HERMAN GREEN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Loop-Securing Devices forVaistbands and the Like, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part hereof.

This invention relates to means for securing loops to garments, and moreespecially to means for securing the loops of elastic cord to thewaistbands of boys short trousers and the like, such elastic tabs orloops being adapted for engagement with buttons on the garment above.Owing to the very considerable reduction in diameter which elastic cordsuffers when stretched lengthwise and to the great liability of theelastic core of such cord to be cut and finally severed by punctures byneedles or even by the tightly-drawn stitches of thread employedcommonly to secure the loop in position it generally happens that theloops pull away or lose their elasticity altogether long before thegarment to which they are secured is worn out. 7

It is the object of this invention to provide improved means wherebysuch loops shall be held securely in position at all times without beingliable to be cut, as to the rubber core, by the puncture of a needle orby tightlydrawn stitches. At the same time it has been sought to avoidany bunches in the waistband or wherever else loops may be applied,which would cause annoyance or inconvenience to the wearer.

The improved means will be fully describedhereinafter, and the novelfeatures thereof will be set forth in the claims which follow.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in elevationrepresenting a short length of an under band of a waistband having aloop laid in position thereon. Fig. 2 is with the loop secured thereto.Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing a further step in'theapplication of the loop to the band. Fig. 6 is a section on the line y yof Fig. 5. Fig. 7 shows in perspective and in edge view one of themetallic fastening devices.

The waistband which is represented in the drawings is composed, asusual, of an under band, A, and an upper band, 0. The former is cut tosuch width as may be required or preferred for the completed waistband,and may or may not have its lower edge turned up to form a hem, as at a.The upper band, C, is also formed substantially as usual, being adaptedto be secured to the under band, A, and having, if desired, buttonholes0 formed therein, although such buttonholes are not essential.

The loops B, which are usually of elastic cord, having, as usual, arubber core with a textile covering, are cut to proper length and havetheir end portions secured to the waistband, preferably between theunder and upper bands, and it is preferable to lay and secure them inposition at first with the bights of loops downward, the loops beingsubsequently turned up into position for engagement with the buttons ofthe garment above.

The present invention is more particularly concerned with means forsecuring the ends of the loops to a waistband and in such manner thatthe strain at the point of fastening shall be taken up mainly by thetextile covering of the cord and be so distributed as to avoid thecutting and subsequent breaking of the rubber cord. To this end I haveprovided a plate or fastening device D of suitable material, such asthin brass or other metal, which is formed with a reduced portion orneck, as at d, so that it may be engaged and held firmly in position bystitches or other holding devices across such neck or reduced portion,and is further roughened or provided with projections d d, which areadapted to engage the textile covering of the elastic cord, and it maybe also to engage either the upper or the under band. These projectionsmay be formed in any suitable manner--as, for example, by punching upsmall spurs or prongs, as represented in Figs. 3, 6, and 7 of thedrawings. As there shown,

the prongs or projections at one end of the plate are adaptedparticularly for engagement with the covering of the elastic cord, whilethose at the other end are adapted for engagement with the adjacentsurface of the upper band.

In assembling the different parts of the complete waistband, asrepresented in the accompanying drawings, the ends of the loop are laidupon the under band, as shown in Fig. l, and the metallic plate orfastener D is superimposed thereon, being held firmly by stitches acrossthe neck or reduced portion and entering the substance of the underband. The prongs d d of one portion of the plate engage the covering ofthe elastic loop, not being long enough to penetrate and cut the elasticcore. The stitches at d bind the plate, cord, and band firmly together,and at the same time are prevented from cutting into the cord by theinterposed plate D. If desired, the loop may also be tacked lightly inposition by stitches across the same, as at (1 The upper band, C, isthen laid in position and secured at intervals, if desired, and theloops B are finally turned back upon them selves over the upper band, C,and are held in position by stitches, as at (Z*, which correspond inposition to the stitches (Z encircling the neck or reduced portion ofthe plate D, and passing preferablythrough both the upper band and theunder band, thereby holding the upper band firmly against the plate 1),so that it shall be engaged by the projections on the adjacent facethereof.

It will be observed that by the described means of fastening the loopsin position all danger of cutting the rubber core thereof is entirelyobviated and the liability of the loops to break at the point offastening is therefore reduced to a minimum.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with a loop of cord and afabric to which the same is to be secured, of a loop fastening devicecomprising a plate having its surface roughened and being formed forengagement by stitches, and stitches se curing the said plate to thefabric, the ends of the loop of cord being interposed between the plateand the fabric and engaged by the roughened surface of said plate,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with an under band, an

upper band and a loop of cord to be secured between said bands, of aloop-securing device comprising a plate having a roughened surface andformed for engagement by stitches, and stitches securing said plate andsaid bands firmly together, the ends of the loop of cord beinginterposed between said plate and one of said bands and engaged by theroughened surface of said plate, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of an upper band, a lower band and a loop of cord tobe secured between said bands, of a loop securing device comprising aplate having both surfaces roughened and being formed for engagement bystitches, and stitches fastening said bands and plate firmly together,the ends of the loop being interposed between the plate and one band andengaged by the roughened surface thereof, and the opposite surface ofsaid plate engaging the other band, substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination with an upper band and a lower band and a loop ofcord to be secured thereto, of a loop-securing device comprising a platehavingaroughened surface andv being formed for engagement by stitches,stitches securing said plate firmly to the under band with the ends ofthe loop interposed between the plate and the under band and engaged bythe roughened surface thereof, the said loop being turned back uponitself over the upper band and stitches encircling the backwardly turnedportion of the loop and said plate and engaging both the upper band andthe lower band, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 25th day of July, A. D.1895.

- HERMAN GREEN. In presence of- \V B. GREELEY,

S. H. IRISH.

